[Cialug] Determining File Format

[Jonathan Bailey]

Tried expand... No go..


Jon



On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 16:42 -0500, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> In the pc world, Arj and arc were other compression tools available back
> then.  I'm betting on expand though.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Bailey [mailto:jcbailey at code0.net] 
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 4:25 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Determining File Format
> 
> 
> 
> Not a ZIP.. Doesn't have the PK header. I tried LZH also, but no go. File
> has no idea (just says data) Strings returns the following:
> 
> http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.dat
> 
> http://code0.net/~jcbailey/appcfg.da~
> 
> 
> APPCFG.DAT
> # App
> lication
> figur
> a Fil
> NOTE:
> _Name8
>  is the
> 8-cha
> er a
> used by
> GemReg.
> PxIf
> t pre
> gnta,Pm e at C
>  "GEMPAK
> " do
> ak (`x
> #gool
> dg@)
> V1qY2
> L1234567
> zaFp
> AMO
> ql 0
> 9/27/99
> lOpSy
> FILES
> Wm/d
> /ebc
> ompB(
> 
> 
> The uncompressed version:
> 
> #
> # Application Configuration Data File
> #
> # NOTE:  Appl_Name8 is the 8-character application name used by GemReg.
> #        If its not present, GemReg uses the first 8 characters of
> #        Appl_Name, which can get ugly -- "GEMPAK -" does not make
> #        a good application name; hence the creation of Appl_Name8.  dg
> #
> #
> #                   1         2
> #          1234567890123456789012
> #
> #
> Appl_Name =AMOPAK Rel 09/27/99
> Appl_Name8=AMOPAK
> Appl_Ver  =3.05.02
> OpSys_Ver =2.5.12
> TEMPFILES =200
> RAMFILES  =500
> Util_01   =/ram/deldir.ldm
> Util_02   =/hd/rads/sys/ebcomp.ldm
> [[Garbage Below Here]]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 15:53 -0500, Morris Dovey wrote:
> > ---- Original Message ----
> > From: Jonathan Bailey
> > To: cialug at cialug.org
> > Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 3:03 PM
> > Subject: [Cialug] Determining File Format
> > 
> > | I'm attempting to determine the compression format. I'm guessing 
> > | it's pretty old (circa 90). The file extension is 'xx~' where xx is 
> > | the first 2 letters of the extension. I have an example compressed 
> > | and uncompressed file, but cannot determine the format. It's not 
> > | compress or gzip. Anybody have any idea based on file extension? If 
> > | you need an example file, I can post one online (I only have the 
> > | before and after - no compression program).
> > 
> > Jonathan...
> >  
> > You might give LZH and Phil Katz's PKUNZIP (MS-DOS utilities) a try. 
> > LZH was also available on some *nix systems, if I recall correctly.
> > 
> > Morris Dovey
> > DeSoto Solar
> > DeSoto, Iowa USA
> > http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html
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